https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/06/leave-joe-biden-alone/661278/
Most people are blaming Joe Biden for conditions setup by Republicans and DJT. Folks say the withdrawal from Afghanistan was sloppy, but actually DJT set the original withdrawal date and also made a deal to free Taliban leaders from a Pakistan prison a year before. By the time Biden Administration began the withdrawal, The Taliban had already taken over all but Kabul.
People complain about gas prices and inflation, they ignore that the crisis in global not just in the US. Inflation was created by countries that like China that manufacture a significant portion of the world’s product. They ignored worker protections during the pandemic and now they don’t have enough workers to meet the world demand for products. That is part of the ‘Supply Chain’ crisis. That crisis drives up prices.
Gas prices are driven by the increase in the price per barrel for oil. Those prices currently driven by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Oh yeah, it turns out a substantial part of the word depends on the farmers of Ukraine to provide essential grains for food. Guest what country is now stealing the grain? I would remind you that DJT all but rolled over for Putin to rub his tummy. If he were President today, NATO would not be in position to assist Ukraine in fighting for off the Russians.
In the meantime major American companies are reporting record high profits, and you’re asking why isn’t Biden doing anything? Where were you folks when the discussion of the powers of the President were compared to the powers of King were taught in school? Where were you when Conservatives were reminding former President Obama that he wasn’t a King?
Biden is the right President to clean up the mess left by DJT and Republicans, you folks just have to get out and vote smart to increase the number of Democrats in the Senate and the House of Representatives. They need to add three to four seats to the 50 they hold so that people like Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema can’t stall the agenda for more progressive and fair policy making, and the US Government can tax those businesses profiting off of the pandemic, oil prices, and price gouging…”The Joe Biden who ran in 2020 appeared wiser, sadder, somewhat deflated, and seemed to be taking on the presidency as a public service and a burden. Time and tragedy had tempered Biden, and I liked him even more than I did in his flashier, Jason Sudeikis–like youth. These days, I think he’s done a pretty good job, especially given the fact that he’s dealing with a pandemic, revelations about an attempted American coup d’état, and an economic slowdown over which he had no control.
Oh, and by the way: He’s also managed (so far) to head off World War III and a possible nuclear conflict. We seem to forget that this is Job One for every American president, but while we’re griping about the gas prices (over which Biden also has no control), the Russians are replaying the Eastern Front against 40 million Ukrainians and also threatening NATO. It’s been reassuring to have a steady hand in charge of our foreign policy.
So why can’t the president catch a break? The public blames him for almost everything, and his approval ratings are cratering. What’s going on here?
Forget about the Republicans; controlled by their wackiest members (I would say “the fringe,” but they are now “the base”), they have fallen into a vortex of nihilism and desperation. They’re almost a lock to win the House in 2022, but they’re not sure why they want it, other than to protect themselves both from having to live among their own constituents and the slow but steady approach of justice for GOP involvement in January 6.
One might have hoped, however—and by one, I mean “me”—that the Democrats would hold their fire and stop their whispering about what happens if Biden steps down, or even dies. And if Biden does hold on—well, there are some prominent young Democrats who haven’t decided if they’re going to support him. (And by young Democrats, I mean “Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.”)
My suspicion is that the full weight of our foreign and domestic crises has not broken through the self-absorption and solipsism of not only our political parties but the American public. We are just not capable of understanding that at home, we are inches away from the meltdown of our constitutional system of government, and abroad, we are one errant cruise missile away from a nuclear crisis.
But this is all the president’s fault because Joe Biden is old and talks like … well, like Joe Biden.
This is part of a more general problem in American politics: We have come to regard the presidency as a temporary appointment to Superman, and the White House as a gleaming Fortress of Solitude full of potential miracles. In doing so, we let ourselves off the hook for any responsibility either for our own actions as voters, or for any requirement to face our problems together with resilience and understanding.”
A Reasonable Point of View 